2014-2015 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Application Thread

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Whatever! I wudve done terrible during the scenario interview anyway as I am rly bad at acting lol
 
Well, I'm glad they're sticking by their mission statement and looking for fit more so than stats. I'm sure the students they finally pick will be ones that truly fit the mission and will love being at Camden.
(disclaimer, was rejected as well)
 
umbrellaapp said:
Well, I'm glad they're sticking by their mission statement and looking for fit more so than stats. I'm sure the students they finally pick will be ones that truly fit the mission and will love being at Camden.
(disclaimer, was rejected as well)
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Yeah idk, I will say I really didn't put much into their secondary and do feel like an awful fit for them. Also Camden is horrible. But like... really wasn't expecting to get rejected
 
+1 first rejection of the season...probably the first of many. Oh well. OOS
 
OOS rejected as well.

Jeez, what do I need..a 36 on the MCAT?! This is all so discouraging.
 
First rejection of the cycle, talk about deflating a high flying balloon :/

In state, 3.26, 3.20, 35.

I wish everyone left the best of luck at what is a very good school. It seems like some real solid candidates on this thread have bit the dust rather early.

Yet, we soldier on!
 
Wow, a bunch of rejections today. Do you guys mind if I ask when you were all complete with Cooper?
 
Rejected, IS, 33, 3.5, multiple unique ECs including serious service work in Camden. Honestly, not bothered by this one at all, unless this was the only school I got accepted to I wouldn't want to spend 4 years in Camden
 
First post here. Rejected as well. Decent stats and lots of unique ECs.
 
Seeing the large number of comments about being rejected but not wanting to spend 4 years in Camden and Camden being "horrible," it sounds like Cooper did a good job screening out applicants. Why even apply here if you hate the idea of being in Camden so much?
 
Rejected!
 
RachieRach said:
II today. OOS, 3.5, 35.

Have not cured cancer haha. But I have five years of working on an ambulance in a pretty low-income/high-crime area. I guess they could see that Camden wouldn't scare me off.
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Haha, good one. Congrats!
 
prilujke said:
Seeing the large number of comments about being rejected but not wanting to spend 4 years in Camden and Camden being "horrible," it sounds like Cooper did a good job screening out applicants. Why even apply here if you hate the idea of being in Camden so much?
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Like I said in the earlier post, if it happened to be the only place I was accepted, I would obviously attend. After the things I saw volunteering there I wouldn't live in Camden if you paid me, and wasn't enthused with the idea of commuting. That being said I still liked the idea of working with such severely underprivileged communities, best of luck to those who are still in the running.
 
prilujke said:
Seeing the large number of comments about being rejected but not wanting to spend 4 years in Camden and Camden being "horrible," it sounds like Cooper did a good job screening out applicants. Why even apply here if you hate the idea of being in Camden so much?
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Because I wanted to get into medical school and would like to increase my odds. I would have attended Cooper if it was the only school I had gotten into, but I still hate the area. I refuse to buy people actually like Camden..I call BS on that.
 
GOK<3 said:
Because I wanted to get into medical school and would like to increase my odds. I would have attended Cooper if it was the only school I had gotten into, but I still hate the area. I refuse to buy people actually like Camden..I call BS on that.
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It really isn't that bad. They greatly increased the police and security presence recently and there are many people in the vicinity of Cooper who are just lovely and really do care about the city.
 
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It really isn't that bad. They greatly increased the police and security presence recently and there are many people in the vicinity of Cooper who are just lovely and really do care about the city. It's the back streets that are dangerous because that is where poverty runs rampant and people resort to selling drugs. I think the school does a good job at picking genuine people that don't want to just "get into medical school". As you can tell from the people rejected so far, its not a last resort school by any means...
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I'm sure the school and people are "lovely", but the place sure isn't. I have significant experience working in underserved areas for 4+ years and would continue to do so in the future regardless of whether I get into medical school or not. However, Camden depresses me, and this works perfect.
 
rushmore4 said:
It really isn't that bad. They greatly increased the police and security presence recently and there are many people in the vicinity of Cooper who are just lovely and really do care about the city. It's the back streets that are dangerous because that is where poverty runs rampant and people resort to selling drugs. I think the school does a good job at picking genuine people that don't want to just "get into medical school". As you can tell from the people rejected so far, its not a last resort school by any means...
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It is though, in my time working there I saw a brick wall littered with bullet holes where multiple people had been killed execution style (this was at an elementary school, and a second grader explained what happened to me) and children on bikes with training-wheels riding their bikes up and down streets and yelling to older citizens when police were near, just to name a few of the many situations like this. The fact of the matter is that Camden is consistently the most dangerous city in the country and with the 5,000 jobs that were just lost nearby in Atlantic City, I think its safe to say that it won't improve any time soon
 
So many rejections today! When were you guys complete?
 
ZymurgySurfer said:
It is though, in my time working there I saw a brick wall littered with bullet holes where multiple people had been killed execution style (this was at an elementary school, and a second grader explained what happened to me) and children on bikes with training-wheels riding their bikes up and down streets and yelling to older citizens when police were near, just to name a few of the many situations like this. The fact of the matter is that Camden is consistently the most dangerous city in the country and with the 5,000 jobs that were just lost nearby in Atlantic City, I think its safe to say that it won't improve any time soon
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Obviously the statistics don't lie. I will not debate you on that. What I am saying is that where you will be you will be just fine and the clinical training you get is absolutely worth it. If you went on a tour of the school, I do not think you would say you wouldn't attend. I had the choice of attending other schools, but I chose this one for multiple reasons. Honestly, the only downside of the school is the danger away from the school, but like I said you wouldn't be doing that anyway. You would be going from school and back home and when you need groceries you can get on the patco and go to philly or collingswood or just drive to Cherry Hill. I had the same feeling as you and I am telling you it's really not bad.
 
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I'm sure the school and people are "lovely", but the place sure isn't. I have significant experience working in underserved areas for 4+ years and would continue to do so in the future regardless of whether I get into medical school or not. However, Camden depresses me, and this works perfect.
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Do you plan on going to the backstreets of Camden to buy dope? Would you do that in another city? There's nothing to be scared of if you are smart.
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Jeez..Like I said.. it worked out for the best (for me). There is not much to debate about the reputation of Camden, and that is precisely why this school screens. If this school worked for you great! But it sure didn't for me, and again I'm glad I got rejected. I have several other schools to hear from and interview at, so I'm fairly content and grateful.
 
Rejected as well, IS, 34, 4.0. Wow, a lot of people got rejected too.
 
I just glossed over some of what was said in this thread, and there's a lot of butthurt due to rejections, I guess, but I thought I'd clear some things up about the area since I grew up nearby.
  1. No one is arguing that Camden is ****ty. If you are going to bother applying to Cooper, you should be okay with that, because they clearly are screening very hard for people who fit their mission statement.
  2. It's incredibly easy to commute to Camden from the surrounding area, including Philadelphia which is a relatively cheap city that's popular with the 20s crowds (tons of schools in the area). The suburbs surrounding Camden are pretty solid quaint blue-collar towns (Collingswood/Haddon Heights/etc) or upper middle class (Cherry Hill/Moorestown/Marlton). All of these places are easily within 20-30 minutes of Cooper, which is right off the Ben Franklin Bridge. You will find somewhere that you will want to live. It's fine.
  3. Someone mentioned how the job loss in Atlantic City is a bad thing for Camden? Atlantic City is an hour or so away, and the people who work there generally don't live near/in Camden. That area is more rural/suburban than urban/suburban area...definitely underserved, but a completely different population from Camden. People living in/around Camden who work in casinos are more likely to work in the PA casinos, imo. They're closer.
That said I applied IS and I'm glad that all I've heard is radio silence from them so far... :ninja:
 
First rejection of the season here too! Oddly enough it makes me feel better knowing the worst is over now.
 
First rejection out of 26 MD/DO secondaries submitted.
Completed - ~8/20ish
Rejected - Today
30/3.5 In-State, no biggie, wasn't really comfortable with the idea of spending 4 years there.
 
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